Service is professional and helpful, and the hotel is perfectly located both for sightseeing and nightlife.
The rooms are spacious and decorated in an Art Deco-inspired contemporary style, with compact bathrooms but large mirrors, and nice extras such as espresso makers and pillow menus. In its heyday, it was the city’s most modern hotel – the first one to have an elevator – and while its restaurant retains a turn-of-the-century ambience, it has recently undergone a spruce-up. One of Amsterdam’s grand dames, Hard Rock Hotel (previously Amsterdam Hotel American) is a 1902 Viennese Renaissance masterpiece – all turrets and gables and stained glass, right in the heart of Amsterdam’s Theatre District. Hard Rock American – Grand early-twentieth-century hotel on bustling Leidseplein. Owned by the famous music-themed brand, the Hard Rock American hotel offers luxurious rooms with memorabilia from the music industry displayed proudly throughout the property.